Protozoal abortion in farm ruminants : guidelines for diagnosis and control /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Ruminants > Reproduction.; Abortion, Veterinary.; Ruminants.; Protozoan diseases.; Abortion in animals.; Animals, Domestic.; Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, (New March 2000); Cattle.; Neospora.; Sarcocystis.; Sheep.; Toxoplasma.; Tritrichomonas.; Abortion.; Aetiology.; Diagnosis.; Differential diagnosis.; Disease control.; Disease prevention.; Fertility.; Guidelines.; Infertility.; Neosporosis.; Oestrous cycle.; Parturition.; Postpartum period.; Pregnancy.; Protozoal infections.; Reproductive disorders.; Sampling.; Sarcocystosis.; Sexual maturity.; Toxoplasmosis.; Electronic books.
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This book contains guidelines for the diagnosis and control of protozoal reproduction losses in farm ruminants. This book is comprised of 5 chapters covering the following: reproductive problems in cattle and sheep; sample collection; aetiological diagnosis; differential diagnosis of protozoal abort...

Table of Contents:

• Preface / John Williams
• Introduction / Luis M. Ortega-Mora, David Buxton, Bruno Gottstein and Franz J. Conraths
• Acknowledgements
• Background to Reproductive Problems in Cattle and Sheep / Rico Thun and Fredi Janett
• Puberty
• Oestrous Cycle
• Pregnancy and Parturition
• The Post-partum Period
• Fertility Problems
• Sample Collection
• Study Design / Chris Bartels and Franz J. Conraths
• Sample Collection / Gorka Aduriz and Raquel Atxaerandio
• Aetiological Diagnosis
• Neosporosis / Franz J. Conraths and Bruno Gottstein
• Toxoplasmosis / David Buxton and Bertrand Losson
• Sarcocystiosis / Anja R. Heckeroth and Astrid M. Tenter
• Tritrichomonosis / Heinz Sager, Ignacio Ferre, Klaus Henning and Luis Ortega-Mora
• Differential Diagnosis of Protozoal Abortion in Farm Ruminants
• Non-infectious Causes of Abortion in Farm Ruminants / Michel Hässig
• Infectious Causes / Franz J. Conraths
• Control Measures
• Neosporosis / Franz J. Conraths, Gereon Schares, Luis M. Ortega-Mora and Bruno Gottstein
• Toxoplasmosis / David Buxton
• Sarcocystiosis / Franz J. Conraths
• Tritrichomonosis / Carlos M. Campero and Bruno Gottstein.